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Featured Books and More

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A



Aaron Jesse:
The Dead Creole Club, Book Two

Diana Marie DuBois

Accounting for the Dark
Peter Cooley

Aerosols and Other Poems
Catharine Savage Brosman

All That Really Matters: A Novel
David Weill

All the Places We Love
Have Been Left in Ruins

Ariel Francisco

The American Daughters
Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Are You a Cheeseburger?
Monica Arnaldo

The Assignment
Shayla C. Freeman
Ava's Wish
Alisha Prather and Sadie Wilks

 

B



Bayou: Feasting Through
the Seasons of a Cajun Life

Melissa Martin

Bayou Harvest: Subsistence Practices
in Coastal Louisiana

Helen Regis

The Beatles A Hard Day's Night & More
Bruce Spizer

The Beatles Please Please Me
to With The Beatles

Bruce Spizer

Beautiful Dreamers: A Novel
Minrose Gwin

The Best of the Shortest:
A Southern Writers Reading Reunion
Edited by Suzanne Hudson

Between Dying and Not Dying, I Chose the Guitar: The Pandemic Years in New Orleans
James Nolan

The Black Girl Survives in This One: Horror Stories
Desiree S. Evans

Blood at the Root
LaDarrion Williams

Bomb Island: A Novel
Stephen Hundley

Books Across America:
A Road Trip Documentary

Mason Engel

The Boss of New Orleans: Martin Behrman and Machine Politics in the Crescent City
Ralph Eric Criss

The Boyfriend Candidate
Ashley Winstead

Brick Dust and Bones
M.R. Fournet

Bring Out Your Dead:
Elegies from the Plague Year

Chad Davidson

Broken Bayou
Jennifer Moorhead
 
The Bystanders
Dawn Major

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C



Cajun Country Chronicles
William T. Thibodeaux


Can't Shake the Dust
C.H. Hooks


The Carceral City: Slavery and
the Making of Mass Incarceration
in New Orleans, 1803-1930

John K. Bardes


Chinese New Year: A Novel
C.E. O'Banion

The Cicada Tree
Robert Gwaltney

New Orleans City Park:
From Tragedy to Triumph

Bob Becker

Constellation Clues:
The Cipher of the Seven Stars

Lee Reed

Clete: A Dave Robicheaux Novel
James Lee Burke

The Court of Shadows
Victor Dixen

The Court of Shadows
Victor Dixen

To Crown with Liberty
Karen Ullo

The Curse of Penryth Hall
Jess Armstrong

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D



Đặc Biệt: An Extra-Special
Vietnamese Cookbook

Nini Nguyen

The Danse Macabre: Celebration
and Survival in New Orleans

Cheryl Gerber

The Dark Skies Mystery:
A World War II Thriller

Deron Hicks

A Darker Mischief
Derek Milman

Darkness and Demon Song
M.R. Fournet

DB King:
The Dead Creole Club, Book One

Diana Marie DuBois

The Debutantes
Olivia Worley

Different Together
Alton Carter

Dixie the Fiddle Playing Cajun Pixie
Matthew S. Ghergich IV

Dragon Song
Shirley McCoy
 
Drago's: An American Journey
Peter Finney Jr.

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E


 


The Escape Game
Marilyn Turk

 

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F



The Fabled Earth: A Novel
Kimberly Brock

The Fall of the Nixon Administration
Suzanne Hudson

The Fetishist
Kayla Min Andrews

Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart
and Other Stories

GennaRose Nethercott

First Lie Wins
Ashley Elston

For Today: Poems
Carolyn Hembree

Foreign Seed: A Novel
Allison Alsup

Forsooth
Jimmy Matejek-Morris

Fortunes & Frenemies
Marti Dumas

Fox Snare
Yoon Ha Lee

Freewater
Amina Luqman-Dawson

From Slavery to Segregation:
Reckoning with White Supremacy
in the American South

Keith M. Finley

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G



The Gardins of Edin: A Novel
Rosey Lee

Ghost Dogs: On Killers and Kin
Andre Dubus III

Ghost Forest: Poems
Jack B. Bedell

The Girl from the Red Rose Motel
Susan Beckham Zurenda

Graveyard Girls: Season's Eatings
Lisi Harrison and Daniel Kraus

The Great Power of Small Nations
Elizabeth N. Ellis

The Great River: The Making
and Unmaking of the Mississippi

Boyce Upholt

The Great State of West Florida: A Novel
Kent Wascom

Gregory's Digestible Alphabet
Katie Green
 
Gumbo Life: A Journey
Down the Roux Bayou

Ken Wells
 

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H



Hanna Bear and Lulu's Festival to Remember
Julie Hooks

Heist Royale
Kayvion Lewis

Henri Bendel and the
Worlds He Fashioned

Tim Allis

Holoholo: Poems
Barbara Hamby

Holy Food: How Cults,
Communes, and Religious Movements Influenced What We Eat

Christina Ward

A Hound Dog Tale: Big Mama, Elvis, and the Song That Changed Everything
Ben Wynne

How to Drown a Boy: Poems
J. Bruce Fuller
 
Hurricane Baby: Stories
Julie Liddell Whitehead

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I



I Dig the Skin I Am In,
I Am Loving Myself Skin Deep!

Jeanette Medearis

I Read About It In A Book
Rick Kelley

I'll Give You a Reason: Stories
Annell López

The Incredible JumpRoller Dragons:
A Small World War Novel

Jasper Price

Inside Voices: A Podcast
Jeffrey Dale Lofton

It's Raining in Florida
Erin Rovin
 
It's Sunny in Florida
Erin Rovin
 

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K



King of the Gun Runners: How a Philadelphia Fruit Importer Inspired a Revolution and Provoked the Spanish-American War
James W. Miller

King of the Shoebox Parade
Brenda Baker Robert

The Knights of Wade
Michael Strecker

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L



The Lakes of Southern Hollow
Steve Yates


The Last Note of Warning: A Mystery
Katharine Schellman


Liberty in Louisiana: A Comedy
Edited by Bruce Magee and Stephen Payne


The Life and Death
of Rose Doucette: A Novel

Harry Hunsicker

A Life Impossible
Steve Gleason with Jeff Duncan

The Life of Kim and the Behavior of Men: Human Bondage in the After-Market of War
Rod Davis

Literary New Orleans: A Documentary
Peggy Scott Laborde and Dominic Massa

Little Data
MarkYakich

Little Hatchet
Phil Oakley

A Louisiana Christmas to Remember
Morgan Tarpley Smith and Lenora Worth

Louisiana Short Stories: An Anthology from America's Most Storied State
Red Stick Writers

Lucy's Home: A True Story
about a Boy Who Wanted a Dog

Crystal Mayo
 
Lumpers, Longnecks, and One-Eyed Jacks
Joe Formichella
 

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M



The Majestic Leo Marble: A Novel
R.J. Lee

Majestica
Sarah Tolcser

Make Some Wretched Fool to Pay: Stories
Christopher Lowe

Midnight is the Darkest Hour: A Novel
Ashley Winstead

Modern Creole: A Taste of New Orleans Culture and Cuisine
Eric Cook

Moonstorm
Yoon Ha Lee

Mother Charity: A Big Free Novel
Martha B. Boon

Mother Water Ash: Poems
Nicole Cooley

Mr. Jimmy from Around the Way
Jeffrey Blount

Mrs. Gulliver: A Novel
Valerie Martin

Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta: A Call for Reclamation
Ned Randolph

Museum of the Soon to Depart
Andy Young

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N



New Orleans:
A Photo Guide of the Wild Mélange

Richard Sexton

New Orleans City Park:
From Tragedy to Triumph

Bob Becker

New Orleans:
Elegance and Decadence

Richard Sexton
and Randolph Delehanty

New Orleans Pralines: Plantation Sugar, Louisiana Pecans, and the Marketing of Southern Nostalgia
Anthony J. Stanonis

NOLA Face: A Latina's Life
in the Big Easy

Brooke Champagne

No Perfect Mothers: A Novel
Karen Spears Zacharias

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O



One Good Thing
Joy E. Rancatore
 
The Optimist's Daughter
(One Book One Festival selection)

Eudora Welty

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P



Painting the Town: The Importance of Color In Historic New Orleans Architecture
Danielle Del Sol, Chris Granger,
Susan Langenhennig, and John Pope

Pardon My Frenchie
Farrah Rochon

Passing It On: The Art of John T. Scott
Freddi Williams Evans

Pay the Piper: A Novel
Daniel Kraus

Pearce Oysters: A Novel
Joselyn Takacs

The Pelican Tide: A Novel
Sharon J. Wishnow

Petit Pierre and His Wild Adventure
Johnette Downing

Peter the Skeeter
Lacey Vidrine


Po-Boy
Burke Bischoff


The Poetry Buffet: An Anthology
of New Orleans Poetry

Edited by Gina Ferrara
and Geoff Munsterman

The Pool is Closed: Segregation, Summertime, and the Search for a Place to Swim
Hannah Palmer

Predators Welcome
Dylan Krieger

The Presidents and the Planet: Climate Change Science and Politics from Eisenhower to Bush
Jay Hakes
 
Pressing Forward: My Life As A Baton Rouge Community Pioneer
Press L. Robinson Sr.

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Q


 
The Queen City Detective Agency:
A Novel

Snowden Wright
 

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R



Rednecks: A Novel
Taylor Brown

Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America's History-Making Women
Diana B. Carlin

Robin Davis:
The Dead Creole Club, Book Three

Diana Marie DuBois

A Rose by Any Other Name
Mary McMyne
 
Rougarou Magic
Rachel M. Marsh

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S



Saint-Seducing Gold
Brittany N. Williams

The School for Invisible Boys
Shaun David Hutchinson

Season of the Swamp: A Novel
Yuri Herrera

Sex Romp Gone Wrong: Stories
Julia Ridley Smith

The Snowman Waltz
Karen Konnerth

Sounds of the Forest
Susie J. Shepherd

The Southern Food and Beverage Museum Cookbook: Recipes from the Modern South
Liz Williams

The Steps We Take:
A Memoir of Southern Reckoning

Ellen Ann Fentress

Squalls: Poems
Ed Ruzicka

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T



Tangleroot
Kalela Williams

That Librarian
Amanda Jones

This Girl's A Killer: A Novel
Emma C. Wells

Traiteurs in Francophone Louisiana
Dana David Gravot
 
Trinity: A Novel
Zelda Lockhart

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U



Unfit to Serve
Sandra Bretting

Until we Talk
Darrell Bourque

Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
Rebecca Boggs Roberts

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V



The Venture Alchemists:
How Big Techs Turned Profit Into Power

Rob Lalka

Vernon Poche & the Ghost of New Orleans
Paul Siefken

Vibe: The Sound and Feeling
of Black Life in the American South

Corey J. Miles

Viscera
Felice Belle
 
Voodoo: An African
American Religion

Jeffrey E. Anderson

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W



Wander in the Dark
Jumata Emill

When Cicadas Cry: A Novel
Caroline Cleveland

When Rex Met Zulu
and Other Chronicles of
the New Orleans Experience

Errol Laborde

Whispers of Wisdom
Marguerite Martin Gray

Why Louisiana Ain't Mississippi
...or Any Place Else!

Jay Dardenne

The Winter Dance Party:
Poems, 1983-2023

David Kirby

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